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Louisiana Purchase
The United States purchases Louisiana from France for $15 million. The large acquisition will set the stage for future debates over slavery in the territories. When the United States bought the Louisiana purchase, yes it doubled in size, but also it doubled in problems. Problems about borders, and slavery.
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Cottin Gin
Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin helped lead to the Civil War by making it possible to produce more cotton, which increased the profitability of huge cotton plantations in the South. These large plantations needed large numbers of workers in order to operate, and slavery helped meet those needs of the slave- owners.
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Missouri Comprimise
Following the Louisiana Purchase,they needed to come up with a way to deal with the slavery expansion. Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and Maine was admitted to be a free state. A line was drawn in the western territories creating a separation with slave and non-slave states. This would bring out a conflict in the Civil War.
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Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctine was a US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries. It asserted that the Western Hemisphere was not to be further colonized by European countries, and that the United States would not interfere with existing European colonies and not in the internal concerns of European countries, but some people did not agree with their union.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
Slave Nat Turner, decided to go on a bit of an uprising against the white people. He and a possy ended up killing sixty white people. Turner, along with fifty-five other slaves were put to dealth or in jail for this bloody rebellion. Because of this, Virginia law makers decreased the black's rights, which of couse made them angry.
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Nullification Crisis
The nullification crisis arose due to the protective tariff on 1828. While the Nullication Crisis did not start the Civil War, and was really just more of a legal issue than a slavery issue, it was one of those issues that would pop up again. As the years progressed, it would be South Carolina that would be leading the charge for secession, and that was ultimately the main cause for the start of the Civil War.
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Texas Revolution
he U.S. government refuses to recognize Texas because it does not want to agitate sectional strife; abolitionists oppose Texas's admission to the Union because they know it will become a slave state. But the U.S. does commence secret negotiations with Texas on annexation in 1843.
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Lecompton Constitution Rejected
The Lecompton Constitution was created to allow Kansas to be a slave state. Pro-slavery forces had support by President Buchanan, who attempted to push the Constitution through the US Congress for acceptance. Yet, there was enough contravercy that in 1858 it was sent back to Kansas for a vote. The Kansas voters rejected the Constitution and Kansas became a free state. This did not appeal to many people, which caused bickering.
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Ending of the Mexican War
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, formally ended the Mexican-American War. The United States assumed control over vast new territories, including much of what is now the state of New Mexico With these new terretories, now called states, would they by considered slave or free states? This was the question that led to many events leading to the Civil War.
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The Wilmot Proviso
This legislation created my David Wilmot himself would outlaw slavery in territory of the US, which would start in the Southwest and expand into California. two years of trying to get this to work, and nothing happen. This event lead to the discussion of succession, and furthermore to the war.
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The Compromise of 1850
With the Wilmot Proviso still in mind, senetors Henry Clay and Steven Douglas created the Comromise of 1850. This compromise was to prevent any further terrotorial expansion of slavery. It also stregthened the power of the Fugitive Slave Act., which was a law that made the Northerners stop and return escaped slaves to the South. The tension that was already formed between the North and South became a lot worse.
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Fugative Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act denied accused runaway slaves trial by jury. Mnay times, freed slaves would be taken to the south because commisioners were paid five dollars to say they were free and ten dollars to say they were not. Northerners were very upset because southerners could claim slaves in the north back down to the south. This was whenthe underground railroad came about.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
In the 19th century, Uncle Tom's Cabin was one of the second-best-selling books in America. This book brought about the extreme topic of slavery and really brought it to life for the people who hadn;t moved after the decades of legislative conflics. This was important because it really gave a look into what slaves went through and caused contaversy leading to the war.
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Bleeding Kansas
The Kanasa-Nebraska Act caused pro and anti- slavery people to flock to Kansas.hoping to shift the decision by sheer weight of numbers. The two factions had it rough for five years with outbreaks of bloodshed that killed fifty-six lives. Although both territories eventually ratified anti-slavery constitutions, the violence shocked and troubled the nation, which was a key event in the start of the civil war.
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Arise of Republican Party Vs. Democratic Party
The parting of the two-party system signaled the end to the North and the South working together. Candidates that represented the northern Republican party emphasized ending slavery more and candidates from the opposite southern Democratic party wanted to spread slavery more. They drifted even further apart, which caused a conflict and an event leading to the Civil War
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Congress Man Brooks Beats Senator Charles Summer
Southern Congressman Preston Brooks beats Northern Senator Charles Sumner in the halls of Congress as tensions rise over the expansion of slavery. Sumner did not return to the Senate for three years while he recovered. hen the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was passed, within the two new territories, people were given the right to decide the slave issue by vote. The debate over slavery intensified and caused a great uproar for a trigger.
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Dred Scott Vs. Stanford
Dred Scott was a slave, whom in court tried to sue for his freedom. The justices found that they were to do nothing about this because he was just a piece of property and not a human being. This decision effects the entire raceial dispute amongst the blacks, which was a trigger to the civil war. Southerners renewed their challenges to the agreed upon territorial limitations on slavery and polarization intensified.
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John Brown's Raid- Harper's Ferry
John Brown organized a group of white allies and free blacks, and raided a government arsonal in Virginia. His goal was to get weapons and distribute them throughout Southern slave states to get more of an uprising of slaves. He did succeed in capturing the arsonal, but was soon surrounded my Rober E. Lee, and forced to surender. This was important because it could have caused more slaves to be on his side.
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Ambraham Lincoln's Election
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States during the Civil War. Before being elected president, Lincoln served in the Illinois legislature and lost an election for the U.S. Senate. His campaign earned him a nomination for the presidency. Lincoln led the Union to victory in the Civil War and ended slavery in America.
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South Carolina Secedes
South Carolinawas the first to respond to Lincoln’s election, seceding from the Union on December 20, 1860. This action made front-page news in the North two days later when Harper’s Weekly featured portraits of the state’s Congressmen on its cover, titled The Seceding South Carolina Delegation. It was a step to the Civil War because it influenced many other states to do the same thing.
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Supply and Attack of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, along with many federal forts became outposts in foreign land. Abraham Lincoln sent supplies to them. In April of 1861, the war ships turned back his supplies to fort sumter andopened a 34-hour bombardment. This was the start of the Civil War. Abraham's strategy forced the South to fire first.
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Last Minute Crittenden Compromise
The Crittenden Compromise in 1861 was a last chance effort by the US to have peace between the North and the South. The Crittenden would forbid slavery north of the 36/30 line, and protect slavery south of the line. The southerners were pleased with it because slavery would be spread but, the northerners were unhappy because slavery would be spread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crittenden_Compromise
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